Singularity Is Coming Fast

Plus, would you live on Mars?

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/FEATURED HOW ROBOTS ARE HELPING ADDRESS THE FAST-FOOD LABOR SHORTAGE Struggling to find workers and eager to relieve staff from boring, repetitive tasks, fast-food restaurant chains are adding robots to their kitchens. Using artificial intelligence, computer vision technology, and a mechanical arm, Miso Robotics' Flippy 2 has been deployed to Chipotle, White Castle, and Wing Zone. Per CNBC, White Castle said it plans to add 100 Flippy robots to work the fry station at its restaurants nationwide.

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/STORIES THE SPEED AT WHICH WE ARE APPROACHING SINGULARITY IN AI THE SPEED AT WHICH WE ARE APPROACHING SINGULARITY IN AI During the opening keynote of the AMTA conference in Orlando, Translated quantified progress toward singularity in AI through data that highlighted quality improvements in machine translation. A LOOK INSIDE THE RACE TO MAKE DIESEL ENGINES RUN ON HYDROGEN A LOOK INSIDE THE RACE TO MAKE DIESEL ENGINES RUN ON HYDROGEN According to the BBC, a new hydrogen-diesel hybrid engine — affectionately known as "baby number two" — could help to decarbonize some of Australia's heaviest industries. LEARN A NEW LANGUAGE, WE DARE YOU LEARN A NEW LANGUAGE, WE DARE YOU Consider Babbel your expert-led passport to learning, with 10-minute lessons that are so effective, many users feel confident speaking a new language in just three weeks. START LEARNING » HOW MONTREAL RESEARCHERS ARE 3D-PRINTING USING SOUND WAVES HOW MONTREAL RESEARCHERS ARE 3D-PRINTING USING SOUND WAVES Per the CBC, here's how it works: "Ultrasound waves are used to trigger a series of tiny chemical reactions, lasting only a matter of nanoseconds. The reactions produce immense amounts of pressure and heat, causing bubbles to form in the print material, then solidify."

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/CURIOUS //QUESTION OF THE DAY WOULD YOU LIVE ON MARS? Here's the scenario, it's simple. You could become a legend but you'd have to leave your life behind on Earth: Would you become a space pioneer and — given money, provisions, and technology were all taken care of — move to Mars? WELL, WOULD YOU? » //BEST OF THURSDAY We asked you if you had your own crypto, what would you call it and what would it do? Here are a couple of our favorite answers: "Relief - Funds to enable people who are hungry to buy food." Amazing. Maybe its ticker symbol would be "RLF"? "Launcher (LCHR) - Innovation funding." Love it, love everything about it. "Brewcoin - For creating your own drink." We're assuming either beer or cold brew coffee? Either way, we are in.

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